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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. More than $4 million in National Science Foundation grants have funded her work. She will replace Dr. Shaun R.

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Study: Minority Students Still Underrepresented in Public Health

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Diversity of the US Public Health Workforce Pipeline (2016-2020): Role of Academic Institutions ,” developed by researchers at the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) looked at public health student diversity from 2016-2020 using a Diversity Index (DI).

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When Government and Colleges Come Up Short Meeting Student Needs, Faculty Unions Step Up

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Her professor directed her to the faculty union and its emergency non-profit, the Local 212 MATC FAST Fund. Federal Pell grants for poor students used to cover 100% of tuition and living expenses at two-year colleges; now the grants barely cover 60%. The faculty union provides an office and limited administrative support.

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Dr. Pamela Haney Appointed President of Moraine Valley Community College

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During her time at Moraine Valley, Haney oversaw the Title III-Strengthening Institutions Program Grant for its Increasing Access to Career Pathways Initiative by the U.S. Department of Education. Crawley Leadership Award.

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Forging Strategic Partnerships

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. In 2016, he was tapped to lead the school’s law center, which was founded at the historically Black university (an HBCU) in 1947.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There are financial support programs, including emergency grants, technology loaner programs and device voucher support, which provide students with necessary in-time financial support. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S. The grant is a California Student Aid Commission program.”

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Seed Investments Fund 15 Research Collaborations Between Virginia Tech and Minority-Serving Institutions

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Collaborations between Virginia Tech and historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) or other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have led to 15 research projects supported by grant funding. Since launching in 2016, the program has grown, with its list of partner schools expanding and new Virginia Tech departments taking part.